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Contained in Wallis’ original log book, held by the Mitchell Library, is a poem written R. Richardson, a seaman aboard the HMS Dolphin. Richardson's colourful verse records the adventures of his heroic Captain and their voyage across the Pacific. > Read more of the logbooks of Samuel Wallis, via the Library’s online catalogue
Samuel Wallis. Our world no longer seems full of intrepid explorers but back in the 18th century they were all the rage. Samuel Wallis, born in Lanteglos by Camelford in 1728, was to become one. His parents John Wallis and Sarah Barrett had married in the quiet moorland town of St Tudy not far from Bodmin in 1720.
Samuel Wallis. Navigateur britannique (Cornouailles vers 1728-Londres 1795). Chargé en 1766 d'une expédition dans le Pacifique, il découvrit plusieurs des îles Tuamotu et Tahiti (1767). Il a donné son nom aux îles Wallis. Articles associés. Lapérouse.
21 de jul. de 2020 · This time Captain Samuel Wallis, with master George Robertson, was in charge. George Robertson was a keen observer of the human condition and kept a valuable journal, which was later published as a book (ADM 51/4539). Wallis and his crew left Plymouth on the 21 August 1766, accompanied by the supply ship HMS Swallow, captained by Philip Carteret.
21 de dic. de 2017 · Premier contact : l’Européen Wallis à Tahiti - Il y a exactement deux cent cinquante ans, le 18 juin 1767, s’établissait le premier contact entre les Européens et les populations de l’île de Tahiti avec l’arrivée sur nos rivages de Samuel Wallis à bord du Dolphin. - Welcome Tahiti - Welcome tahiti -
Samuel Wallis. 1728- 95. He was born on 23 April 1728 in Fentonwoon, Lanteglos-by-Camelford, near Camelford, Cornwall, the son of a local landowner. Having seen service in the Austrian War of Succession as a midshipman, Wallis was commissioned lieutenant on 19 October 1748. He served aboard the Plymouth guardship Anson 60, Captain Charles ...
Samuel Wallis (23 April 1728 – 21 January 1795 in London) was a British naval officer and explorer of the Pacific Ocean who made the first recorded visit by a European navigator to Tahiti. Read more on Wikipedia. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Wallis has received more than 107,517 page views.
